azure.azcollection.azure_rm_resource_info module – Generic facts of Azure resources

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 3.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install azure.azcollection. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_resource_info.

New in azure.azcollection 0.1.2

Synopsis

• Obtain facts of any resource using Azure REST API.

• This module gives access to resources that are not supported via Ansible modules.

• Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/ regarding details related to specific resource REST API.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.7

• The host that executes this module must have the azure.azcollection collection installed via galaxy

• All python packages listed in collection’s requirements.txt must be installed via pip on the host that executes modules from azure.azcollection

• Full installation instructions may be found https://galaxy.ansible.com/azure/azcollection

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
ad_user string	Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
adfs_authority_url string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of latest is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack. Default: "latest"
api_version string	Specific API version to be used.
auth_source string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication. Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable. When set to auto (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> env -> credential_file -> cli. When set to env, the credentials will be read from the environment variables When set to credential_file, it will read the profile from ~/.azure/credentials. When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if more than one is present otherwise the default az cli subscription is used. When set to msi, the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if the resource is granted access to more than one subscription, otherwise the first subscription is chosen. The msi was added in Ansible 2.6. Choices: "auto" ← (default) "cli" "credential_file" "env" "msi"
cert_validation_mode string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	Controls the certificate validation behavior for Azure endpoints. By default, all modules will validate the server certificate, but when an HTTPS proxy is in use, or against Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable this behavior by passing ignore. Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION environment variable. Choices: "ignore" "validate"
client_id string	Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal or Managed Identity (msi). Can also be set via the AZURE_CLIENT_ID environment variable.
cloud_environment string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, AzureChinaCloud, AzureUSGovernment), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT environment variable. Default: "AzureCloud"
disable_instance_discovery boolean added in azure.azcollection 2.3.0	Determines whether or not instance discovery is performed when attempting to authenticate. Setting this to true will completely disable both instance discovery and authority validation. This functionality is intended for use in scenarios where the metadata endpoint cannot be reached such as in private clouds or Azure Stack. The process of instance discovery entails retrieving authority metadata from https://login.microsoft.com/ to validate the authority. By setting this to **True**, the validation of the authority is disabled. As a result, it is crucial to ensure that the configured authority host is valid and trustworthy. Set via credential file profile or the AZURE_DISABLE_INSTANCE_DISCOVERY environment variable. Choices: false ← (default) true
log_mode string	Parent argument.
log_path string	Parent argument.
method string	The HTTP method of the request or response. It must be uppercase. Choices: "GET" ← (default) "PUT" "POST" "HEAD" "PATCH" "DELETE" "MERGE"
password string	Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
profile string	Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
provider string	Provider type, should be specified in no URL is given.
resource_group string	Resource group to be used. Required if URL is not specified.
resource_name string	Resource name.
resource_type string	Resource type.
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
subresource list / elements=dictionary	List of subresources. Default: []
name string	Subresource name.
namespace string	Subresource namespace.
type string	Subresource type.
subscription_id string	Your Azure subscription Id.
tags dictionary	A dictionary of tags to filter on. Each key-value pair in the dictionary specifies a tag name and its value to filter on differente resources. Default: {}
tenant string	Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
thumbprint string added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0	The thumbprint of the private key specified in x509_certificate_path. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. Required if x509_certificate_path is defined.
url string	Azure RM Resource URL.
x509_certificate_path path added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0	Path to the X509 certificate used to create the service principal in PEM format. The certificate must be appended to the private key. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Notes

Note

• For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables, use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials, or log in before you run your tasks or playbook with az login.

• Authentication is also possible using a service principal or Active Directory user.

• To authenticate via service principal, pass subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or set environment variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT.

• To authenticate via Active Directory user, pass ad_user and password, or set AZURE_AD_USER and AZURE_PASSWORD in the environment.

• Alternatively, credentials can be stored in ~/.azure/credentials. This is an ini file containing a [default] section and the following keys: subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or subscription_id, ad_user and password. It is also possible to add additional profiles. Specify the profile by passing profile or setting AZURE_PROFILE in the environment.

See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI

How to authenticate using the az login command.

Examples

- name: Get scaleset info
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    provider: compute
    resource_type: virtualmachinescalesets
    resource_name: myVmss
    api_version: "2017-12-01"

- name: Query all the resources in the resource group
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    resource_type: resources

- name: Get all snapshots of all resource groups of a subscription but filtering with two tags.
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    provider: compute
    resource_type: snapshots
    tags:
      enviroment: dev
      department: hr

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
response complex	Response specific to resource type. Returned: always
id string	Id of the Azure resource. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM"
location string	Resource location. Returned: always Sample: "eastus"
name string	Resource name. Returned: always Sample: "myVM"
properties complex	Specifies the virtual machine’s property. Returned: always
diagnosticsProfile complex	Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state. Returned: always
bootDiagnostics dictionary	A debugging feature, which to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. Returned: always Sample: {"enabled": true, "storageUri": "https://vxisurgdiag.blob.core.windows.net/"}
hardwareProfile dictionary	Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: {"vmSize": "Standard_D2s_v3"}
networkProfile complex	Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine. Returned: always
networkInterfaces list / elements=string	Describes a network interface reference. Returned: always Sample: [{"id": "/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/myvm441"}]
osProfile complex	Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine. Returned: always
adminUsername string	Specifies the name of the administrator account. Returned: always Sample: "azureuser"
allowExtensionOperations boolean	Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine. This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: true
computerName string	Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: "myVM"
linuxConfiguration dictionary	Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine. Returned: when OS type is Linux Sample: {"disablePasswordAuthentication": false, "provisionVMAgent": true}
requireGuestProvisionSignale boolean	Specifies the host require guest provision signal or not. Returned: always Sample: true
secrets list / elements=string	Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: []
provisioningState string	The provisioning state. Returned: always Sample: "Succeeded"
storageProfile complex	Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk. Returned: always
dataDisks list / elements=string	Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: [{"caching": "None", "createOption": "Attach", "diskSizeGB": 1023, "lun": 2, "managedDisk": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxxx....xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk2", "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"}, "name": "testdisk2"}, {"caching": "None", "createOption": "Attach", "diskSizeGB": 1023, "lun": 1, "managedDisk": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk3", "storageAccountType": "StandardSSD_LRS"}, "name": "testdisk3"}]
imageReference dictionary	Specifies information about the image to use. Returned: always Sample: {"offer": "UbuntuServer", "publisher": "Canonical", "sku": "20_04-lts", "version": "latest"}
osDisk dictionary	Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: {"caching": "ReadWrite", "createOption": "FromImage", "diskSizeGB": 30, "managedDisk": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myVM_disk1_xxx", "storageAccountType": "Premium_LRS"}, "name": "myVM_disk1_xxx", "osType": "Linux"}
vmID string	Specifies the VM unique ID which is a 128-bits identifier that is encoded and stored in all Azure laaS VMs SMBIOS. It can be read using platform BIOS commands. Returned: always Sample: "eb86d9bb-6725-4787-a487-2e497d5b340c"
type string	The type of identity used for the virtual machine. Returned: always Sample: "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines"

Authors

• Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)

Collection links

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